Number crunching – Win one for The Rock!

Some of the stats you need to know heading into Week Nine.

199 – All-time wins by App State at home
109 – Number of those wins to come with Jerry Moore as head coach
265 – Number of all-time home games in App State history (/Sean Connery voice .. Welcome, to The Rock)

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215 – Number of passes thrown this season by Armanti Edwards
1 – Number of passes intercepted
130 – Current streak of passes thrown by Edwards without an INT (He owns the school record, 176 set last season)

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9 – Number of career quarters Armanti Edwards has played against UTC, one complete game (’07), one half (’08) and three quarters (’06)
874 – Total offensive yards gained by Edwards in those nine quarters
0 – Number of Edwards INTs by UTC (46 attempts with no misfires)

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0 – Number of multiple TD games by Devon Moore, in his first 36 career games
3 – Number of multiple TD games by Moore in his last four
21 – Career rushing TDs by Moore, 9th most in school history (Oddly he still hasn’t caught one this season)

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361 – Career tackles by Jacque Roman, 8th best in App State history
7.4 – Average tackles by Roman this season, 12th best in SoCon
13 – Tackles needed to become 6th best in App State history (He’d be jumping the great Pierre Banks)

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1.26 – Points scored per minute of possession time by App State this season, third best nationally
1.52 – Points scored per minute of possession time by Stephen F. Austin this season, tops nationally
1.59 – Points scored per minute of possession time by App State in its last four games (Warming up …)

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6 – Number of 100-yard rushing performances by an App this season, Devon Moore (4), Armanti Edwards (1), Travaris Cadet (1)
1 – Number of 100-yard rushing performances by a Moc this season, Bryan Fitzgerald,
3 – Number of 100-yard rushing games by UTC as a team this season (Of course, bird would rather fly)

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3 – Margin of victory by UTC when it last beat App State, back in 2004
26.8 – Average margin of victory by App State in the four series games since
10 – Closest final margin of those four games, 35-25 win in 2005 (Thoughts of that 2004 game still burn)

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+10.3 – Improvement in average points scored for UTC this season
-151.3 – Improvement in average total defense for UTC this season
-16 – Improvement in average points allowed for UTC this season (Gotta say, heckuva job, Russie)

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59 – Number of consecutive weeks App State has been ranked among the top 10 teams in FCS
64 – Number of consecutive weeks App State has been nationally ranked in FCS
4 – Number of consecutive seasons App State has been a preseason No. 1 in the Sports Network poll (We love having numbers by our name)

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44 – App State’s rank in strength of schedule, according to NCAA
36 – Chattanooga’s rank in strength of schedule
97 – Elon’s rank in strength of schedule (What’s an Elon?)

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25,321 – Average attendance at KBS this season, second nationally
25,736 – Average attendance at Montana, first nationally
26,567 – Estimated minimum average attendance needed at KBS for next two home games to have a chance to finish No. 1 (Like you needed any motivation, right?)